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The second episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday.

Wildcat colonies are illegal, unauthorized and secret--so when an injured stranger shows up at the wildcat colony New Seattle, the colony leaders are understandably suspicious of who he is and what he represents. His story of how he's come to their colony is shocking, surprising, and might have bigger consequences than anyone could have expected.

The opening episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of <...

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Too short Disappointed by how short it was and how little it seemed to move the story along. I guess I was expecting more after the first episode, but it only took about 30 minutes to read through, and was written in screenwriters format as apposed to first book in series

Finished before it started Roughly 16 pages of readable material. The story starts in page 7 and ends in page 23. The other pages are just fillers like title, contents and so forth. This is not a full book just a chapter. Disappointed.....

Exactly what I expected Sure, it's short. Being a short story as part of a serialized novel, that jives. Of course, I was prepared for that as I read Scalzi's blog frequently. I enjoyed this a lot, and I'm not going to penalize it rating points just because it's short. Again: short story. Sort of disappointed, though, that G Books forces offline downloads through ACSM even though the episode is offered DRM-free.

Too short Disappointed by how short it was and how little it seemed to move the story along. I guess I was expecting more after the first episode, but it only took about 30 minutes to read through, and was written in screenwriters format as apposed to first book in series

Finished before it started Roughly 16 pages of readable material. The story starts in page 7 and ends in page 23. The other pages are just fillers like title, contents and so forth. This is not a full book just a chapter. Disappointed.....

Exactly what I expected Sure, it's short. Being a short story as part of a serialized novel, that jives. Of course, I was prepared for that as I read Scalzi's blog frequently. I enjoyed this a lot, and I'm not going to penalize it rating points just because it's short. Again: short story. Sort of disappointed, though, that G Books forces offline downloads through ACSM even though the episode is offered DRM-free.

So far, so good The dialog format was an interesting change of pace, and the small chunks are excellent for reading in one sitting (say, over lunch, for example). Enjoying the series so far, looking forward to the next installment!

Disappointed The reading was good and it will be interesting to see where the story goes. BUT 31 pages!?! Just a single chapter NOT a book. This 'installment plan' for publishing is a ripoff...the least google play can do is tell us the length in the description. 4 stars for the content minus 2 for the length.

A radio play thriller The second part of The Human Division its quite a departure from part 1. Yes, it is shorter, but it also has a completely different format and cast. The story takes place as a recording, and thus the entire story is composed simply of dialog. It reminds me of a script for a radio play and thus conversation is the only thing which drives this terse and tense text. It moves quickly and I found myself curious how this portion relates to the previous. I am certain that we shall find out in subsequent releases

Walk the Plank That's it? Just a few pages? No wonder it got a 3 star review. How do I know the next chapter isn't only 2 pages? This e-book medium needs to address this - pages per dollar spent uncertainty.

Okay, but not for the price I was sorely disappointed in this chapter after the first one was so good. As others have mentioned this is much shorter than the first chapter and of a lower quality. It doesn't seem like much time was put into it and has no apparent relevance to the overarching story. I can definitely feel the greedy little fingers reaching into my pocketbook with this one.

Walk the Plank continues Scalzi’s The Human Divisi Walk the Plank is very different than The B-Team, the first episode, which I presume Scalzi did on purpose to set expectations. Walk the Plank is written as a transcript rather than in a traditional form. In addition, it’s much shorter, and the story doesn’t seem as satisfying. While the first episode was a great story by itself, Walk the Plank is self-contained but but only decent. If it didn’t exist as part of a larger series, it would be rather boring. On the other hand, it’s more than enough for a chapter in an average novel. As part of a larger whole, it seems to help set up things to come. There are some troubling problems that will likely reappear in later episodes. To be clear, I wouldn’t complain at all if it was simply a chapter in a novel, which is what it is in a way. However, if the The Human Division was compared to a TV series with The B-Team being the double-length pilot, Walk the Plank would would be one of the more out-of-place episodes with its weird format and subpar plot. It was entertaining and served the greater story but just didn’t stand alone as amazingly well as The B-Team. Scalzi's set too high of a bar for himself!

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) Extra short story from Old Man's Universe. Deals with the difficult life of wildcat colony. The story is too short and without any plot or conclusion. More like a scene cut from middle of another chapter. Kind of waste.

LibraryThing Review Second in a thirteen part serial. This was very enjoyable and over before I was ready (I was fairly engrossed & was actually taken by surprised when it was over; so much so I checked the contents to

LibraryThing Review I liked this 2nd entry into The Human Division serialized storyline. It's completely different from the first, though no less entertaining. It is, however, notably shorter. That's not a real gripe

LibraryThing Review I'm a fan of Scalzi's work, he makes me think and he tells good stories. I am enjoying this new experiment of his, with this book released in episodes. This is very short, especially after last week's

LibraryThing Review The second episode of this series was quick. I mean I read it in 29 minutes and I don't see this as great as the first one was. But looking at the synopsis of the next few episodes this is probably a

LibraryThing Review The second episode of this series was quick. I mean I read it in 29 minutes and I don't see this as great as the first one was. But looking at the synopsis of the next few episodes this is probably a

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) I've never been that fond of Scalzi's alternate narrative styles (cf The Sagan Diary). This one is OK, though I think the interview structure detracts more than it adds. Still, it's a nice, tense ...

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) These are short stories, sure, but I wasn't prepared for this to be so short, or end on the note which it did. I felt like I'd been dropped on my butt, though I suspect it's not the last time we see ...

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) This is the second installment of the new John Scalzi's book set in the Old Man's war universe. It reads as a stand alone story, it does not share any character with the previous chapter, but it will ...

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) This second episode of The Human Division, Walk the Plank, was not what I expected. This one picks up on a story not involving anyone in the first episode. This is also rather short and can be easily ...

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) This second episode of The Human Division, Walk the Plank, was not what I expected. This one picks up on a story not involving anyone in the first episode. This is also rather short and can be easily ...

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) Well, it's clear that I cannot continue trying to review these as standalone books. The second release in this series is a good read, but doesn't really work at all as a standalone story. It's also ...

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) I'm a fan of Scalzi's work, he makes me think and he tells good stories. I am enjoying this new experiment of his, with this book released in episodes. This is very short, especially after last week's ...

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) And so we meet again on our episodic journey into the universe of the Old Man's War series which continues with the release of Walk the Plank, the second chapter of John Scalzi's forthcoming novel The ...

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) I'm woman enough to say that I was disappointed that I paid a buck for a very short script. I very much liked the story itself. There's a realistic darkness to this space opera. People die horribly ...

Review: Walk the Plank (The Human Division #2) Walk the Plank is the second episode in John Scalzi's The Human Division. It's very different than The B-Team, the first episode, which I presume Scalzi did on purpose to set expectations. Walk the ...

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